Social Engagement Expolorer

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT EXPLORER (S.E.E.) SEEKS TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORM AND ROBOTICALLY RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE TO ENABLE THE FORMATION AND ADAPTATION OF EMERGENT COMMUNITIES. A DISTRIBUTED ROBOTIC MATERIAL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED COMBINING ROBOTICS FOR ASSEMBLY AND RECONFIGURATION.

ROBOTS ARE COMPOSED OF TWO PARTS: 1) A THREE WHEELED ROVER AND 2) A BESPOKE ROBOTIC ARM LINKAGE WHICH INTERFACE WITH THE PANEL SYSTEM. THE TWO ROBOTIC ELEMENTS ARE COMBINED AS ROVING ASSEMBLY ROBOTS WHICH BREAK INTO TWO PARTS FOR VARIOUS COLLABORATIVE TASKS SUCH AS CRAWLING ON PARTS AND REVERSIBLE ASSEMBLY SEQUENCES. A MECHANICAL PANEL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED IN PARALLEL ENABLING LOCKING, UNLOCKING, AND ADJUSTMENTS TO SPATIAL ASSEMBLIES.

A COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORM WAS DEVELOPED WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR AUTONOMOUSLY ASSEMBLING CONSTRAINED SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS WHICH NEGOTIATE THE REQUIREMENTS AND SOCIAL ALIGNMENT OF A COMMUNITY OF USERS. USERS SHARING SPACES CONNECT THROUGH A TRANSACTIONAL VIRTUAL PLATFORM USED BOTH TO DRIVE COLLECTIVE SPACE TRANSFORMATION AND VIRTUAL SOCIAL INTERACTION.

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TEAM MEMBERS |

Doaa Alqaderi, Hang Li, Sarea Fang, Tianyu Liu, Yuxuan Dai

MArch Architectural Design Project B - Pro Programme

Bartlett School of Architecture | UCL

2021-2022

Living Architecture Lab | RC3

Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Generative Design

Course Tutor | TYSON HOSMER, OCTAVIAN GHEORGHIU, PHILIPP SIEDLER